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Pilot locked out of cockpit during flight
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| 8/30/06
Posted on 08/30/2006 2:02:46 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside
Pilot locked out of cockpit during flight
1 hour, 54 minutes ago
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The pilot of a Canadian airliner who went to the washroom during a flight found himself locked out of the cockpit, forcing the crew to remove the door from its hinges to let him back in, the airline said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred aboard a flight from Ottawa to Winnipeg on Saturday. The regional jet, capable of carrying 50 people, was operated by Air Canada's Jazz subsidiary.
Jazz spokeswoman Manon Stewart said that with 30 minutes of the flight to go, the pilot went to the washroom, leaving the first officer in charge. But when he tried to get back into the cockpit, the door would not open.
"The door malfunctioned ... this is a very rare occurrence," Stewart said, adding that the crew's decision to remove the door had been in line with company policy.
A report in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper said that for about 10 minutes "passengers described seeing the pilot bang on the door and communicating with the cockpit though an internal telephone, but being unable to open the door".
Stewart said the paper's report was "a bit dramatic" and stressed that at no time had the plane or passengers been in danger. She did not say how many people had been on board.
Air Canada is a unit of ACE Aviation Holdings Inc..
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: knockknock; whozthere
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To: Mr. Brightside
Better that it malfunctioned in the LOCKED position than the open position.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:17:53 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
To: sit-rep; Mr. Brightside; verity; Cagey; MotleyGirl70
Could thing he didn't jump up and down and cause the jet to nosedive. Especially over Latham, Massachusettes.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:18:26 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
("There's no problem so big that government intervention can't make it worse.")
To: Mr. Brightside
To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Nice to know you can remove the door.Every door is on a hinge. But, as for these doors, I suspect they're on the inside.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:19:11 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: Mr. Brightside
Seems the door was effective for the purpose intended.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:20:22 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:22:47 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Mr. Brightside
"A report in the Ottawa Citizen newspaper said that for about 10 minutes "passengers described seeing the pilot bang on the door....."
Good thing he wasn't Middle Eastern (I assume). Could you imagine if he had been? I would have tried to smash his head in two with a fire extinguisher or something. "HEY! We got a Muzzie trying to take the wheel! HElP!"
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:23:25 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Eeeevery Door has a hinge..... wasn't that a Poison song?
To: BigSkyFreeper
Every door is on a hinge.
So you've never heard of a sliding door then? They are sometimes referred to as pocket doors and used on everything from campers to boats to yes indeed, Aircraft.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:25:05 PM PDT
by
RC51
To: Mr. Brightside
Textbook Example of the Law of Unintended Consequences.
To: Mr. Brightside
The Canadian National Tree is the Maple.
Mebbe this airline should adopt the Pee Can! OUCH!
Pundirty Alert!
To: operation clinton cleanup
No--that was sung by The Doors.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:27:40 PM PDT
by
basil
(Exercise your Second Amendment Rights--buy another gun today!)
To: RC51
So you've never heard of a sliding door then? They are sometimes referred to as pocket doors and used on everything from campers to boats to yes indeed, Aircraft.Apparently not on this one.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:27:46 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: pissant
Good thing he wasn't taking a growler with a crossword puzzle. Or a grunter for that matter.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:27:49 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Property tax is feudalism. Income taxes are armed robbery of the minority by the majority.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Good thing the First Officer stayed in the cockpit.
I know, that the FO stepping out of the cockpit would be against SOP but after Lexington SOP seems to be secondary.
To: Mr. Brightside
Has that pilot become stupid recently or was he born stupid? Why didn't he know the security arrangements on his own plane? And why was that door so easily removed from its hinges? Hellooo, terrorists, are you paying attention?
To: Mr. Brightside
good news door works for security.
bad news, security flaw exposed because door comes off.
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:33:55 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: expatpat
They had to break the door down with a fire-axe while the passengers watched! So passengers can't bring a nail clipper onboard and they have AXES available in the cabin????
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:35:24 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
To: Mr. Brightside
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posted on
08/30/2006 2:35:41 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(When you take my gin from my cold, dead hand....)
To: longtermmemmory
The door is indeed hinged on the inside. We have the same kind of door and it has a requirement to be able to be unhooked from the inside in case the pilots need to evacuate. Also, my company requires that one of the flight attendants go to the cockpit when a pilot leaves. So there should always be at least two people in there.
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